...travel, plus a shilling, and most of the shilling went to Government in the shape of salt-tax. I vow there is no more pathetic figure in the British Empire than the Indian ryot. His masters have ever been unjust to him, and ground and ground him until everything has been...

...does not leave enough food to the cultivator to support himself and his family throughout the year." "There is no more pathetic figure in the British Empire than the Indian peasant." writes Mr. Herbert Compton. "His masters have ever been unjust to him. He is ground down until everything...

...does not leave enough food to the cultivator to support himself and his family throughout the year." ."There is no more pathetic figure in the British Empire than the Indian peasant," writes Mr. Herbert Compton. "His masters have ever been unjust to him. He is ground down until everything...

...year." — SIR WILLIAM HUNTER, KCS I., in the Viceroy's Council, 1883. The Ryot. Herbert Compton. " There is no more pathetic figure in the British Empire...bones." — MR. HERBERT COMPTON in " Indian Life," 1904. Hindustan is an extensive agricultural country and the average land produces two crops a year, and...

...warning. England has suffered and will suffer from her disregard of Mr. O'Donnell's counsels.1 1 " The Government assessment does not leave enough food...bones.", — MR. HERBERT COMPTON, in Indian Life, 1904. Mr. O'Donnell wrote much very effective poetry and laboured to keep alive the memory of ancient Ancient...

...support himself and his family throughout the year."— Sir William Hunter, KCSI, in the Vietroy"s Council, 1883. "There is no more pathetic figure in...British Empire than the Indian peasant. His masters have even been unjust to him. He is ground until everything has been expressed, except the marrow of his...